Easter Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox to commemorate Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead. Christians believe Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and resurrected three days later on Easter Sunday. Traditions include attending church services, sunrise services, and decorating Easter eggs as symbols of renewal. Easter is celebrated on different dates by Western and Eastern Christian churches.

1. EASTER SUNDAY

2. INTRODUCTION
• Did not become associated with the resurrection of
Christ until the 2nd century. It most likely comes from the
ancient Saxon spring festival called Ostern
• Easter Sunday is a happy day for Christians where they
celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• Christians believe, Jesus came back to life, or was raised
from the dead, three days after his death on the cross. As
part of the Easter season, the death of Jesus Christ by
crucifixion is commemorated on Good Friday, always the
Friday just before Easter.

3. WHEN IT IS CELEBRATED?
Easter Sunday is celebrated on Sunday, three days after Good
Friday
It is moveable feast
Western – use Gregorian calendar
Eastern Orthodox – use Julian calendar
Eastern Christianity :
Western Christianity :
22nd March and 25th
4th April and 8th May
April

4. HOW EASTER SUNDAY IS CELEBRATED?
 At church
- Bell are rang
- Decorated with white lilies
- Color of church change to white or gold
 Easter Garden
- A stone is placed across the mouth
of a tomb before Easter,
the rolled away on Easter morning.

5.  Gather for sunrise service
- Sunrise service is a worship
service on Easter practiced by
some Protestant churches
- Christians gather together on
Easter Sunday for sunrise service which takes
place on a hill side so everyone can see the
sun rise.
- The service sometimes takes place outdoors,
such as park, and the attenders are seated on
outdoor chairs or benches

6.  Easter Vigil
- lighting a new fire outside the
church early in the morning.
- It also called the Paschal Vigil
or the Great Vigil of Easter
- It is a service held in traditional Christian
churches as the first official celebration of the
Resurrection of Jesus.
- Historically, it is during this service that people
are baptized and that adult catechumens are
received into full communion with the Church.

7.  Easter Bunny
- The exact origins of this mythical mammal are
unclear.
- Bunny are an ancient symbol of fertility and
new life.
- The tradition stated that Easter bunny leaves
Easter eggs on Easter Sunday.

8.  Easter Eggs
• symbol of Jesus' resurrection
• Likely linked to pagan tradition
• the egg symbolized rebirth or renewal.
• In some countries children in other countries
decorate hard-boiled eggs at Easter time by
painting or dyeing them.
• Chocolate eggs are traditional gift during
Easter Sunday

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Easter eggs.

10. ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW
• *4:157+ That they said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus
the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah”;- but they
killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to
appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of
doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only
conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not
• [4:158] Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and
Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise
• [4:159] And there is none of the People of the Book but
must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of
Judgment he will be a witness against them